题目内容
What was the critic's ______ to the novel?
A.comment B. impression C.comprehension D. reaction
D
解析:
此题考查名词与介词的搭配。D.项reaction这里意为“看法；态度”，可以与介词to搭配，符合题意。[A]项comment意为“评论”，与介词on搭配；B.项impression意为“印象”常与介词of或on搭配；[C]项comprehension意为“理解”，后常接介词of。
Aggressive pedestrians are in fact as dangerous as careless drivers. They cause traffic accidents, injury and death. These dangerous walkers can be seen in any big city all over the world. About 69% of last year’s pedestrian deaths in the US occurred in urban areas. They cross streets ignoring “DON’T WALK” signals, suddenly appear without warning from behind parked vehicles, walk slowly at crossroads with cell phones attached to heads, blocking traffic.
These pedestrians and drivers share a common disregard for the rules of the road, both for selfish reasons. The drivers believe in the power of their machines. If their machines can go faster, they believe they have the right to go faster. If their machines are bigger, they believe they have the right to push smaller vehicles aside. Aggressive pedestrians, on the other hand, believe in the primacy(首位) of the individual, the idea that they are first in any environment, under any circumstances, even when they are on foot in a roaring tide of steel and rubber.
Last year, an estimated 5,220 pedestrians died in traffic accidents. Some 69,000 pedestrians were injured. On average, that worked out to one pedestrian killed in a traffic crash every 101 minutes, and one injured every eight minutes.
The good news is that the accident rate is dropping. For example, the number of pedestrians killed last year was 24 percent less than the number killed in traffic accidents a decade earlier. The bad news is that the basic causes of pedestrian deaths remain pretty much the same----disregard for traffic signals, inattention and crossing roads under the influence of alcohol and drugs. Alcohol, in fact, was involved in 46 percent of the traffic accidents that resulted in pedestrian deaths. Of those, 31 percent of the pedestrians were found to be drunk.
The bottom line is that the pedestrians must do more to protect their lives as well as the lives of other road users. They can start by obeying traffic signals, using marked cross-walks and calling a cab when they’ve had too much to drink.
1.The passage is mainly about _____.
A. what the traffic rules of the road about pedestrians were
B. why so many Americans were killed on roads last year
C. how aggressive pedestrians cause traffic accidents
D. who are to blame for pedestrian deaths, drunk drivers or the aggressive pedestrians
2.What is the pedestrians’ selfish reason for traffic jams?
A. They believe individuals are always first.
B. They know all drivers are skilled and with great care.
C. They think traffic rules have nothing to do with them.
D. They guess all vehicles will slow down at crossroads.
3.What was NOT the basic cause of pedestrian deaths in the US a decade ago?
A. Disregard for traffic signals
B. Paying no attention to surroundings.
C. Overspeeding driving.
D. Crossing roads drunk.
4.What word can best describe the author’s attitude to the traffic accidents caused by pedestrians?
A. Excited. B. Cold. C. Unconnected. D. Concerned
“Now,” Mrs. Virginia DeView said, smiling, “we are going to discover our professions.” The class seemed to be greatly surprised. Our professions? We were only 13 and 14 years old! The teacher must be 36 . “Yes, you will all be searching for your future 37 . Each of you will have to 38 someone in your field, and give an oral (口头的) report.”
Each day in her class, Virginia DeView reminded us about this. Finally, I 39 print journalism. This meant I had to go to interview a newspaper reporter. I was extremely nervous. I sat down in front of him 40 able to speak. He looked at me and said, “Did you bring a pencil or pen?” I shook my head. “How about some 41 ?” I shook my head again.
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Years later, I was in college looking around for a new career, but with no success. Then I 45 Virginia DeView and my desire at 13 to be a journalist. And I called my parents. They didn't 46 me. They just reminded me how 47 the field was and how I had run away from competition all my life. This was true. But journalism did something to me; it was in my 48 . And it gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was 49 .
For the past fifty years, I’ve had the most satisfying reporting career, 50 stories from murders to airplane 51 and finally choosing my strongest area. When I went to pick up my phone one day, an incredible wave of memories 52 me and I realized that had it not been 53 Virginia DeView, I would not be sitting at that desk.
I get 54 all the time : “How did you pick journalism?”
“Well, you see, there was this teacher…” I always start out. I just wish I could 55 her.
1.A．cautious B．mad C．optimistic D．enthusiastic
2.A．universities B．families C．professions D．lives
3.A．interview B．describe C．admire D．face
4.A．considered B．rejected C．expected D．picked
5.A．hardly B．nearly C．naturally D．eagerly
6.A．preparationsB．newspapers C．drink D．paper
7.A．reliable B．grateful C．tense D．amazed
8.A．student B．journalist C．candidate D．writer
9.A．look B．turn C．break D．run
10.A．called B．remembered C．recognized D．evaluated
11.A．answer B．urge C．stop D．persuade
12.A．funny B．competitiveC．ordinary D．mysterious
13.A．blood B．body C．life D．opinion
14.A．coming in B．coming out C．going up D．going on
15.A．creating B．recalling C．covering D．writing
16.A．flights B．crashes C．budgets D．schedules
17.A．hit B．caught C．impressed D．seized
18.A．for B．with C．of D．to
19.A．hurt B．realized C．adjusted D．asked
20.A．respect B．support C．thank D．envy